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Waiting Game for North Korean Workers in China as Shutdown Deadline Looms

It's Business as Usual for Now, and One Diplomat Believes Some Firms Will Find a Way to Keep Operating

Stuart Lau Choi Chi-yuk

October 6, 2017

On a quiet street in the embassy district of Beijing, a neon-lit national flag forms an impressive backdrop to an almost empty North Korean restaurant as young waitresses sent from Pyongyang stand around waiting for customers.